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saved money, and were in a position to pay 

 cash ; and, with the £700 received for the 

 farmhouse and seventy- seven acres. Land- 

 holders' Court, Limited, was immediately 

 placed in a position to grant loans for building 

 purposes on the same terms as for the land. 

 In all cases these advances were made subject 

 to the sanction of JNIajor Poore and the village 

 committee. 



This was in 1892. In 1913 we find that 

 all the holdings have been paid for. The 

 capital (£l,500) has been returned to Land- 

 holders' Court, Limited, and is invested in 

 gilt-edge securities. Some of it is still on 

 mortgage for building ; and the reserve fund 

 is always available for this purpose when a 

 holder finds himself in a position to have a 

 home of his own. Forty houses have been 

 erected, and others are in contemplation. 

 Chalk walls and slate roofs are usual, the 

 materials being easily found in the district. 



Most of the original purchasers are still in 

 occupation. Some holdings have changed 

 hands owing to death. In certain cases pro- 

 perties lying nearest the village have been 

 split up. as they became valuable for building 



